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In 1995, 14 wolves were released in Yellowstone National Park. No one expected the miracle that the wolves would bring
[video, HD: buff.ly/3C69xyG]
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To pay tribute to all the enslaved people buried in cemeteries with no name, artist Craig Walsh put a face in the trees to honor their souls in an installation in Charlotte, North Carolina, called "Monuments" [read more: buff.ly/3ChbM2N]
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Tumbleweeds start out as tiny seedlings; by summer the plant has a round shape. They grow flowers and fruits. By fall they dry and detach from their roots, so they spread their seeds
[source: buff.ly/3PEUYWt]
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A brilliant anamorphic painting technique that makes the painting itself disappear
[📹 tcmss1.0 on Douyin: buff.ly/3qXxJx0]
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This collection of slow motion videos of objects falling in water and cornflour result in spectacular fluid motion effects, with highly unexpected but extremely satisfying geometries and shapes
[📹: buff.ly/3F3pqrc]
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50% of Panda births result in twins, but Panda moms almost always abandon one. Therefore, zookeepers have to switch the cubs every few hours to trick the mom in to caring for both
Yet, with this trick, it's true love
[📹 iPanda: buff.ly/3VlMdDu]
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Over the course of 3 days scientists pumped 10 tons of cement into an abandoned ant hill. After weeks of digging, the colony’s intricate & impressive structure is revealed. This one
[full video, from "Ants! Natures Secret Power": buff.ly/2ICATyB]
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Finnish operator Renkivain is an excavator perfectionist: their videos show the extreme and satisfying vituosity achieved with a volvo-ewr150e and its different tools
[videos: buff.ly/3OL1KLC]
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Tigers live in lush tropical jungles with lots of wide rivers. They can have territories as large as 100 square km and being able to swim across rivers is a big evolutionary advantage
[read more: buff.ly/34V46EK]
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In 1951, Adelbert Ames created the mind-boggling ‘Ames Window’. It’s so effective that even when you know how it works you can’t break the illusion [video from The Curiosity Show: buff.ly/36DvRNs]
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The total area of solar panels it would take to power the world, Europe, and Germany. This map is from Nadine May’s thesis
[source, read first: ow.ly/ga7Z50xBrRU]
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In 1951, Adelbert Ames created the mind-boggling ‘Ames Window’. It’s so effective that even when you know how it works you can’t break the illusion
[video from The Curiosity Show: buff.ly/36DvRNs]
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Kallima inachus, the orange oakleaf, is a butterfly found in Tropical Asia. With wings closed, it closely resembles a dry leaf with dark veins and is a spectacular and commonly cited example of camouflage buff.ly/2yt4bPq [source of the gif: buff.ly/3CDVAG5]
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One pretty cool geological fun fact is that the Scottish Highlands, the Appalachians, and the Atlas are the same mountain range, once connected as the Central Pangean Mountains [read more: buff.ly/3oAZuKP]
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433 Eros is second-largest near-Earth object with an elongated shape and a mean diameter of approximately 16.8 kilometers. This is its size compared to New York City
[read more: buff.ly/3rXgQDh]
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On January, 15th, 2019, Ocean Ramsey and her team encountered what is possibly the largest great white shark ever recorded, approximately 6 meters long (~ 20 feet)
[full video + read more: buff.ly/2DDv033]
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According to an index developed in 2015, Earth is not the most habitable planet found yet. Kepler-442b, a rocky near-Earth-sized exoplanet that is 1206 light-years away from Earth, has a rating of 0.836. On the other hand, Earth has a rating of 0.829 buff.ly/3bJe6QF
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Unitree Go1 is a new genertion robot dog that can reach a speed of 17 km/h, with adaptive joints and intelligent side follow system. This is a mass testing event in a Unitree factory
[read more: buff.ly/3u1QnG5]
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Computer engineering for babies
[read more: computerengineeringforbabies.com]
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This kind of water nozzle protects the fireman by reducing the radiant heat felt by the fireman as well as dangerous gases
[read more: buff.ly/3qJpNPN]
[📹 beerfireman: buff.ly/3LqoBum]
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This breathtaking video shows a Falcon 9 launch viewed from airplane cockpit at flight level
[📹 Edgardo German, HD: buff.ly/3ehHaVi]
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In ceramics, slip trailing is a technique that uses a fine pointed dispenser to apply liquid clay and create ornaments. Surface tension is crucial to the clay behavior
[read more: buff.ly/3I3luZy]
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This Japanese technique to fold shirts in 2 seconds seems to find a secret topology hidden inside clothes
[full video, HD, DaveHax: buff.ly/37sSeXf]
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Spy Crab joins thousands of Christmas Island crabs as they march to the sea.
[Full video, John Downer Productions: buff.ly/3tQhpRs]
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This is a sturgeon from British Columbia: this kind of fish can reach a length of 6 meters (20 feet) and an age of 100 years.
[read more: buff.ly/3RU03fD]
[📹 Yves Bisson: buff.ly/3Scp5pT]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links